The Staunton
Longstone is a Bronze Age standing stone which is approximately
seven feet tall and is worth a visit if you happen to be passing
close by. It is located by the side of the A4136, about nine miles
south of Ross-on-Wye, close to the town of Coleford in the Forest
of Dean. The National Grid Reference is SO 559 121 and it stands
at an elevation of 749 feet above sea level.

Local
folklore says that the stone will bleed if pricked with a pin at
precisely midnight.

This
film shows some of the magical / spiritual places in the Wye Valley
and Forest of Dean. Beginning with a visit to Arthur's
Stone, a Neolithic burial mound in Dorstone, Herefordshire (not
far from Hay-on-Wye) it then moves on to Trellech to show Harold's
Stones, Tump Turret and the Virtuous Well before moving
on again to the Queen
Stone, the Staunton Longstone and finally May
Hill. I shot the footage for this latest in the 'Wyenot' series
of short films over the month of May and the first two days of June
2009.

Two
other people appear in the film. Dr Keith Ray MBE, the County Archaeologist
talks about Arthur's Stone. Also at Arthur's Stone you may notice
a young lady sitting near the stone. I don't know her name. She
was a nice young lady from near Peterchurch whom I met whilst filming
and have since affectionately named, 'The X-Files Lady' as our conversation
was about UFO sightings at sacred places such as Arthur's Stone
and Warminster.